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War in the Blood - Chris Beyrer

War in the Blood

Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
1997
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85649-531-8 (ISBN)
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From Thailand's open debate about its HIV problem to the relationship between the Burmese regime and the drug trade, this book investigates the way that the HIV epidemic has taken its course in seven countries of Southeast Asia.
This engaging and vivid book investigates the course of the HIV epidemic in seven countries of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam and China’s Yunnan Province. Emphasizing the impact of the cultural and political landscapes of these countries on the progress of the disease, the book is the product of both working and travelling in the area. Not merely a commentary on obfuscating government statistics, the author draws upon his encounters with people dealing with the effects of the epidemic and opponents of the regimes of the countries he describes. The epidemic is seen as being vitally linked to the general condition of human rights in the societies.



Both passionate and well-informed, this book is a labour of love that discusses the HIV epidemic while giving an intimate, and ultimately celebratory account of South East Asia and asserting the real possibility for affirmative action.

Chris Beyrer is a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was formerly president of the International AIDS Society.

1. Introduction
2. Thailand: The Descending Bhudda, Thailand Now
3. Burma: Being in Myanmar, Going to Burma
4. Cambodia: AIDS and the Torn Society
5. Laos PDR: Travels in the Cold War
6. Malaysia: Ethnicity, Activism and AIDS
7. Vietnam: The Thai Model in Action
8. Yunnan: China's Southeast Asia
9. Women: Wvies, Mothers, Daughters
10. The Flesh Trade: Prostitution and Trafficking in ASEAN
11. Military Studies
12. Chasing the Dragon: Heroin and AIDS
13. Tribes: The Virus that Kills the Gods
14. Other Genders: Katoeys, Waria, Hinjras, Toms and Dees
15. Chaai Chuay Chaai: Men Helping Men
16. Prisons and Prisoners
17. The Media
18. Activists
19. Drugs Wars and the War on Drugs
20. Medical Ethics, Human Rights, Asian Values
21. Democracy, Empowerment, and Health
22. Conclusion: Condoms or Landmines

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.12.1997
Zusatzinfo Bibliography; Index
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-85649-531-0 / 1856495310
ISBN-13 978-1-85649-531-8 / 9781856495318
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